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The ‘Tumi Revolution’: Protesters fight back in Sagaing Region

Sagaing Region residents equipped with single-shot traditional rifles known as “tumi guns” – and in some cases more modern weaponry – are resisting security forces’ attempts to crush anti-coup protests.

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The ‘Tumi Revolution’: Protesters fight back in Sagaing Region

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‘We will never kneel down’: Protesters change tactics in face of rising death toll

As the military brazenly guns down its own citizens in ever-larger numbers, activists are finding new ways to resist.

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‘Any news from the internet?’: Fear and rumour in villages forced offline

With most internet access cut, one Frontier reporter struggles to keep their Ayeyarwady Region village informed while dictating stories to editors in Yangon by phone.

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Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

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Ko Kaung Htet, right, on a reporting trip with the Restoration Council of Shan State in 2016. (Sai Zaw Theik)

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President Thein Sein congratulates NLD with ‘victory’, vows power transfer

President U Thein Sein has sent a letter to the National League for Democracy, congratulating the party on its 'victory' and promising to respect the 'decision of the voters'.

BY Hans Hulst & Kyaw Phone Kyaw

News Feed, Affairs, Election 2015

Democratic Party leader U Thu Wai on second defeat: ‘It’s alright.’

Democratic Party (Myanmar) leader U Thu Wai lost his second election in a row. But he vows not to retire from politics.

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Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

The Monogamy Law’s unintended consequences

The ostensible target of the Monogamy Law is Muslim men with more than one wife, but the application of the law is having consequences for Buddhist men who are unfaithful to their wives.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

The Monogamy Law's unintended consequences

The ostensible target of the Monogamy Law is Muslim men with more than one wife, but the application of the law is having consequences for Buddhist men who are unfaithful to their wives.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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Yoma Strategic sees post-election surge on shares

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News Feed, Affairs, Election 2015

Democratic Party leader U Thu Wai on second defeat: 'It's alright.'

Democratic Party (Myanmar) leader U Thu Wai is used to fighting uneven fights. In the 2010 election he unexpectedly lost in Yangon’s Mingalar Taung Nyunt, when pre-votes in favor of then Minister of Labour U Aung Kyi suddenly appeared after midnight. In Sunday’s election he had to battle it out with a National League for Democracy opponent.

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Aung San Suu Kyi requests talks with President, Speaker, military chief

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BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

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President Thein Sein congratulates NLD with 'victory', vows power transfer

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BY Hans Hulst

Business, Features

The ABCs of the YSX

The long-awaited Yangon Stock Exchange is due to open in early December and there are a few things you need to know if you’re planning to play the market.

BY Frontier & Kyaw Phone Kyaw

How the CDM can win

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Podcast: Death in detention

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Podcast: Displaced again

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Video: Myanmar Youth Speak Out

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Latest Issue

Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.

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Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

The Kayin State Border Guard Force has come under intense pressure from the Tatmadaw over its extensive, controversial business interests and there’s concern the ultimatum could trigger fresh hostilities in one of the country’s most war-torn areas.

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